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07/13-07/17/2026: Busra and Sara attending the 13th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering in Portland, Oregon.

Busra was presenting our paper: Bocekli B, P Wang (2026). Do “Did You Feel It?” intensity data provide consistent path attenuation with instrumental recordings. Proceedings of the 13th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Portland, OR.

Sara was presenting our paper: Tahajomi Banafshehvaragh S, P Wang (2026). A novel machine learning approach for automated usability classification of ground motion recordings. Proceedings of the 13th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Portland, OR.

03/02-03/05/2025: Attending Geotechnical Frontiers 2025 Conference in Louisville, KY.

Busra was presenting our paper: Wang P, B Bocekli (2025). A new methodology for earthquake ground motion spatial correlation. Geotechnical Frontiers 2025, 170-180.

Sara was presenting our paper: Tahajomi Banafshehvaragh S, P Wang (2025). A new probabilistic based approach for rainfall-triggered landslide hazard assessment. Geotechnical Frontiers 2025, 597-607.

Group photo (left-right): Busra, Pengfei, and Sara.

05/04/2024: Just learned that Rev will be attending the University of Pennsylvania in the Fall of 2024, majoring in environmental studies with a concentration in sustainability and management. Congratulations!

02/07/2024: Congratulations to my Ph.D. advisor, Professor Jonathan P. Stewart, on his election to the National Academy of Engineering!

07/17/2023-07/26/2023: HVSR field tests in Norfolk/Virginia Beach.

Group photo (left-right): Zhaoyi (Ph.D. candidate advised by Xixi Wang), Faya (Ph.D. student advised by Xixi Wang), Sara, Pengfei, and Busra.

01/17/2023: Welcome, Sara, join my research group!

01/10/2023: My paper on HVSR identification protocols was published on BSSA!

01/10/2023: Welcome, Busra, join my research group!

07/25/2022: I am very excited to start my new job as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University, Norfolk :)